All articles by Charlie Wright – Page 30
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on lobster ravioli for breakfast
Unless you have a family, a social life, tickets for the opera or an organ donor card, the weekend means one thing: slumping for several hours in front of Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday. You know the drill five hours of washed-up football...
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Wessex Foods hit by blaze at Lowestoft plant
Suffolk meat processor Wessex Foods has been hit by a fire at its plant in Lowestoft.
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on what cows really talk about
Like religion and waistlines, Gary Larson's The Far Side cartoons are a lot bigger in the States than they are over here. It's a shame, because his uniquely twisted perspective on life has something peculiarly English about it.
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NewsTesco takes on Primark with West End clothing store
Tesco is planning to launch a standalone clothing store in London’s West End.
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NewsAmazon goes live with online grocery business
Amazon has launched its long-awaited online grocery service, pitching the internet giant into direct competition with the biggest names in UK food retail.
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NewsHeston brings his Fat Duck recipes to Waitrose
Heston Blumenthal and Waitrose have added a new dimension to their partnership with food designed by the Fat Duck chef set to go on sale at the supermarket later this year.
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NewsAsda defends record on overseas wages
Asda has shrugged off criticism over the level of pay given to Indian workers that make its George at Asda clothing range.
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NewsRobert Wiseman ups milk price by 0.4ppl
Robert Wiseman Dairies has announced another increase in the price paid to its farmers for milk following last summer’s hike.
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Innovation the key to recession-proofing food trade
The food trade’s ability to innovate was the key factor in it emerging from the recession stronger than other sectors of UK manufacturing, a new report has claimed.
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NewsM&S tipped for new hike in food sales
Marks & Spencer is expected to unveil another rise in food sales in its first-quarter trading update later this week.
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NewsTesco on back foot over rainforest paper claims
Tesco has been forced on to the defensive amid claims that a supplier of paper products is involved in illegal logging in the Indonesian rainforest.
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on Delia's web of intrigue
As previously noted here, the World Cup and Wimbledon have made this summer a time of famine for food on TV.
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NewsWhisky top-up for Diageo pension scheme
Diageo has moved to address the £862m gap in its pension scheme – using millions of barrels of Scotch whisky as collateral.
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NewsSir Terry blasts ‘unimaginative’ rivals
Outgoing Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy has claimed “a failure of imagination” is behind rivals’ inability to close the gap on the UK’s largest retailer.
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NewsKraft adds Dairy Milk to emerging markets ‘power brands’
Kraft Foods has added Dairy Milk and Trident gum to the list of ‘power brands’ on which it focuses in emerging markets.
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NewsSoft drink start-up scores £1m sales in first year
New juice brand Cherrygood has racked up sales of £1.2m in its first year of trading.
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NewsLondoners are UK’s healthiest eaters
Londoners have been named the UK’s healthiest eaters in a new poll.
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NewsM&S joint venture unveils India expansion plans
Marks & Spencer’s Indian joint venture has announced plans to more than double its retail presence in the key emerging market.
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NewsOcado slashes losses as IPO is confirmed
Ocado has cut its operating losses by almost two-thirds in the past six months, as the online retailer gears up for its long-awaited stock market flotation.
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NewsHealth body ‘out of touch’ over trans fats after ban call
NICE, the government health watchdog, has been branded “out of touch” with the food industry after calling for a ban on the use of trans-fats.